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257B Series 3 Multi Terrain Loader



Overview



Specifications



Benefits & Features



Standard / Optional Equip.



Work Tool Attachments

257B Series 3 Multi Terrain Loader Work Tool Attachments Print Version






Angle Blades - Compact Products
Cat® Angle Blades are useful work tools in a wide range of applications for moving dirt, gravel, livestock waste and snow. They are also useful for finish grade work in construction and landscaping.
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Angle Brooms
Hydraulic and Manual Angle Brooms for backhoes, integrated toolcarriers and wheel loaders are ideal for clearing parking lots, industrial plants, millyards, airport runways, streets, driveways and lanes.
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Augers
Cat® Augers are used for drilling holes for footings, fencing, signs, trees and shrubs in construction, agricultural, and landscaping applications. They are designed with the right amount of speed and torque for maximum productivity in a broad range of soil types.
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Backhoe
Cat® Backhoes are used in typical backhoe applications such as digging footings, basements, and drainage ditches, utility trenching, back-filling, and maintaining slopes and embankments in construction, industrial, and landscaping settings. They are ideal for demolishing concrete when paired with Cat H45/H55/H65 hammers.
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Brushcutters
Cat® Brushcutters are used for clearing overgrowth from highway medians, utility easements and for initial land clearing for housing, parks and recreational areas.
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Cold Planers
Cat® Cold Planers for Cat Skid Steer Loaders are designed for small paving jobs in residential and commercial applications. Cold planers are primarily used to economically restore asphalt and concrete surfaces to a specified grade or level. Cold planers are ideal for milling bumps or imperfections in expanded pavements prior to resurfacing, removing cracked or deteriorated pavement, removing traffic lane stripes, and jobs where weight restrictions limit the use of dedicated planers.
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Dirt Buckets
Cat® Dirt Buckets leverage many of the same features found in general purpose buckets, but with lower volume capacity. They are recommended for tight areas where a narrower, lower capacity bucket is required. Applications include digging and light duty excavation in construction or landscaping.
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Dozer Blades
Cat® Dozer Blades are designed for rough and finish grading in dirt and gravel, and light dozing. With their 6-way capabilities, dozer blades are better suited for finish grade work in construction and landscaping applications.
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General Purpose Buckets
Cat® General Purpose Buckets are designed for digging, loading, carrying, leveling, grading and dumping in a variety of applications and materials. These all purpose buckets are ideal for construction, landscaping, industrial and more aggressive demolition applications.
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Hammers - Compact Products
Cat® D Series Hammers are high performance breakers, designed for maximum performance on demolition, construction and road work.
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Industrial Grapple Buckets
Cat® Industrial Grapple Buckets are designed to handle bulky, irregularly shaped objects found in demolition, industrial, construction, recycling. Ideal for railroad ties, trees, large rocks, brush, industrial and demolition scrap, and recycling debris.
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Industrial Grapple Forks
Cat® Industrial Grapple Forks are designed to easily handle a wide array of bulky, loose, pierceable objects encountered in demolition, industrial, construction, recycling, and other aggressive applications.
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Industrial Grapple Rakes
Cat® Industrial Grapple Rakes are ideal for storm debris clean-up and land clearing applications due to their open bottom design which allows unwanted material to filter through the bottom of the work tool.
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Landscape Rakes
Cat® Landscape Rakes are ideal for residential, commercial, agricultural, building construction, lawn care and golf course maintenance applications. They use the scarifying action of the hardened teeth to pulverize, aerate, level and condition the soil, while collecting and depositing rock and debris in the integrated hopper bucket for quick removal. Landscape rakes are designed to operate with the loader traveling in reverse, leaving the soil finely groomed with minimal tire compaction.
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Landscape Tillers
Cat® Landscape Tillers are designed for breaking up and pulverizing soil, mixing compost or other materials into existing soil, and stabilizing and leveling existing terrain in landscape finish applications. They are ideal for residential, commercial, agricultural, building construction, lawn care and golf course maintenance applications.
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Light Material Buckets
Cat® Light Material Buckets are the largest capacity buckets offered for Cat Skid Steer Loaders. They are designed to handle low density materials such as mulch, wood chips, dry topsoil, fertilizer, livestock feed, snow.
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Material Handling Arms - Compact Products
The Cat® Material Handling Arm for compact products is a useful tool for virtually all types of applications, including industrial, construction and agricultural, to pick, carry and load a variety of materials and equipment. The heavy duty design is also well suited for landscaping to load, carry and set trees and large shrubs.
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Mobile Scrap & Demolition Shears
Cat® shears feature 360° rotation and a high force-to-weight ratio. These shears are versatile tools widely used for demolishing steel structures and preparing bulk scrap (such as cars, farm machinery and railroad cars) for further processing.
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Multi-Purpose Buckets
Cat® Multi-Purpose Buckets are extremely durable buckets, ideal for a wide variety of tasks in construction, landscaping, industrial and demolition applications.
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Pallet Forks
Cat® Pallet Forks are designed to meet a wide variety of material handling needs. Use pallet forks for moving bulky or palletized materials on construction and industrial sites, handling bagged fertilizer and seed at landscaping and nursery sites.
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Pickup Brooms
Pickup Brooms for Cat® Backhoe Loaders, Integrated Toolcarriers, and Wheel Loaders sweep and deposit materials into an integrated hopper for easy removal and dumping.
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Power Box Rakes
Cat® Power Box Rakes are ideal for clearing and preparing soil in general construction trench restoration, golf course construction and athletic field maintenance. They offer the versatility to de-thatch, remove old lawns and weeds, grade, level, rake, remove debris and prepare seedbeds with one work tool. Its angling ability allows the operator to windrow collected debris for easy pickup and removal. The consistent milling action creates an ideal seedbed for excellent germination results, laying the groundwork for a perfect lawn. Wet, dry, weedy, hard and rocky soil can be dried, flattened, pulverized and conditioned for seed in one step.
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Snow Blower
Cat® Snow Blowers are designed for removing snow from streets, parking lots, driveways and sidewalks, making them ideal for various winter cleanup and maintenance applications.
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Stump Grinder
Cat® Stump Grinders are designed to economically remove stumps in residential, commercial and agricultural settings. They offer increased production over tow-behind grinders in situations where multiple stump removal is required. The right balance of cutting wheel speed and torque makes quick work of most tree varieties.
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Trencher
Cat® Trenchers are designed for cutting narrow straight trenches in the soil prior to laying electrical, telephone and cable lines, or water and gas pipe. Trenchers are ideal for residential, commercial, agricultural, building construction, lawn care and golf course maintenance.
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Utility Brooms
Utility brooms sweep and collect light debris on smooth surfaces in forward or reverse travel.
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Utility Buckets
Cat® Utility Buckets are designed to grade, level and stockpile light materials, such as mulch, dry topsoil, livestock feed and waste.
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Utility Forks
Cat® Utility Forks are designed for handling a variety of light materials in farming, ranching and landscaping applications. Primary uses include removal of dry compacted livestock waste, transport of small bales, handling of loose material such as straw and hay, loosening of bedding material and aeration of soil. NOTE: Utility forks are not designed for piercing and carrying large, round bales.
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Utility Grapple Buckets
Cat® Utility Grapple Buckets are designed to handle light, hard to handle materials encountered on a farm, ranch or landscaping project. The light duty design offers grasping capabilities for materials such as loose hay, straw, bedding materials, dry compacted livestock waste, landscaping mulch and pine straw.
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Utility Grapple Forks
Cat® Utility Grapple Forks are designed to handle light, hard to handle materials encountered on a farm, ranch or landscaping project. The light duty design offers grasping capabilities for materials such as loose hay, straw, bedding materials, dry compacted livestock waste, landscaping mulch, pine straw and pierceable objects. NOTE: Utility grapple forks are not designed for piercing and carrying large, round bales.
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Vibratory Drum Compactors
Cat® Vibratory Compactors are used for compacting soil, sand or gravel prior to pouring concrete or laying asphalt surfaces. They are also ideal for asphalt patch work. Their capabilities and lower investment and maintenance costs make them popular with pavers, general contractors and utility contractors in residential, commercial or industrial applications.
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Wheel Saw
Cat® Wheel Saws are designed for high performance trench cutting on a variety of hard or compact surfaces such as asphalt, reinforced concrete, and rocky or frozen ground.
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